Planning Supporting Statement - Partnerships for Renewables

Louth Canal Wind Energy Development
6.4.6 Policy A5 (Quality and Design of Development), which states that Development which, by
its design, improves the quality of the environment will be permitted provided it does not
conflict with other Policies of the Plan. Otherwise, development will be permitted only where:-
(a) Its design - including its layout, density, scale, appearance or choice of materials -
does not detract from the distinctive character of the locality;
(b) It retains or incorporates features or characteristics which are important to the quality
of the local environment including important medium and long distance views;
(c) It is integrated within a landscaping scheme appropriate to its setting.
6.4.7 Policy C11 (Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Areas of Great
Landscape Value):
(a) The Council will protect the natural beauty of the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the distinctive character of the Areas of
Great Landscape Value (AGLV) by not permitting development which would:-
i. Harm landscape features, which contribute to the character of the area;
ii. Harm the distinctive character, role or regional or local historic significance of
the area; or
iii. Inhibit the quiet enjoyment of the AONB.
(b) The following development will not be permitted in the AONB unless it is essential in
the national or wider public interest and cannot be located:
i. Major or large scale development;
ii. Exposed hilltop or 'skyline' development;
iii. Hazardous installations;
iv. Telecommunication development of significant scale or height unless it
complies with Policy EMP9;
v. Large scale formal recreation uses, or those which attract large numbers of
visitors;
vi. Development involving the significant loss of road verges and hedgerows.
(c) Small scale development - including local employment and visitor attraction uses and
sport and recreational development - will be permitted in the AONB and AGLV where
it can comply with other policies of the Plan but also in the AONB only where:
i. It is in or alongside a settlement;
ii. It is required to meet the social or economic needs of the Wolds communities;
and
iii. It does not harm the quiet enjoyment, or the distinctive character, of the AONB.
(d) Where development proposals in the AONB are otherwise acceptable in principle,
they will not be granted planning permission unless they have demonstrated how
their layout, design, materials, scale, siting and appearance have taken account of
and complement - the locally distinctive characteristics of the landscape, settlements
or buildings.
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